{"id":25154,"date":"2025-11-14T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25154"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:57:56","slug":"dont-overlook-network-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25154","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t overlook provider network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are currently in the Medicare Open Enrollment period, during which Medicare recipients can make changes to their Medicare coverage. \u00a0While most people consider the financial aspects of their coverage, many overlook a crucial factor: in-network providers. Julie Carter, writing for The Medicare Rights Center, explains why the provider network can be easily overlooked by Medicare recipients during this time of year. Read Ms. Carter\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicarerights.org\/medicare-watch\/2025\/11\/13\/most-medicare-advantage-enrollees-sacrifice-access-to-wide-network-of-medicare-providers\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.medicarerights.org\/medicare-watch\/2025\/11\/13\/most-medicare-advantage-enrollees-sacrifice-access-to-wide-network-of-medicare-providers\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-8944\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file0001786007208-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file0001786007208-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/file0001786007208-700x525-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently in the Medicare Open Enrollment period, during which Medicare recipients can make changes to their Medicare coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,200,6,9,15],"tags":[80,385,238,221,65,94,1950],"class_list":["post-25154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-health-insurance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare-open-enrollment","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults","tag-provider-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25156,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25154\/revisions\/25156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}